The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reminded private sector employers on Monday to observe the mandated wages on Labor Day.
DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III issued Labor Advisory No. 7 prescribing the payment of wages for the regular holiday on May 1.
“For work done during the regular holiday, the employee shall be paid 200% of his or her regular salary for that day for the first eight hours,” Bello said.
“For work done during a regular holiday that also falls on his or her rest day, he or she shall be paid an additional 30% of his or her daily rate of 200%,” he added.
Likewise, the DOLE chief said that employees who work overtime work should be paid an additional 30% of his or her hourly rate on said day.
In addition, employees who work overtime during a regular holiday that also falls on his or her rest day should be paid an additional 30% of his or her hourly rate, he said.
On the other hand, Bello said that employees who will not render work on Labor Day should be paid 100% of his or her salary for that day.
Labor Day was as a regular holiday under Proclamation No. 269 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte on July 17, 2017. /cbb